The Red Cross Girls on the French Firing Line

Four young American women answer the call of duty, leaving behind very different lives to serve as Red Cross nurses on the Western Front. Their personalities clash at first—Eugenia’s New England reserve, Mildred’s privileged New York background, Barbara’s boundless energy, and Nona’s Southern upbringing—but the hardships of caring for wounded soldiers bind them into a close‑knit team.

After months in a French field hospital, the girls are forced to abandon their post when the enemy threatens to overrun it. They retreat to a quieter town, joining the French Red Cross and finding new purpose amid the chaos of war.

Now the story finds them amid the jubilant crowds of Paris’s Place de l’Opéra, where the city celebrates a hard‑won victory. Surrounded by cheering citizens, singing the Marseillaise, the four friends watch a symbolic heroine stride out of the opera, a reminder of the ideals they’re fighting to protect.